NancyNealElementary - 2nd Grade 6th Six Weeks

2nd grade----Social Studies-----6th six weeks
How weather patterns and seasonal patterns affect activities and settlement patterns

Grasslands biome http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/grass.htm
Houses around the World http://www.hgpho.to/wfest/house/house-e.html
How weather affects how we live (webquest) http://questgarden.com/08/03/7/051106215426/t-index.htm
What is weather? http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/weatherandpeople/index.shtml
Blog with key points of how weather affects activities

http://worldlywise.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-do-weather-and-climate-affect_11.html

Natural resources and natural hazards and settlement patterns

World Natural Vegetation Map http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/world-natural-vegetation.htm
World Mineral Map http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-mineral-map.htm
Exploring Communities and Geography- Safari Montage http://SAFARI.MANSFIELDISD.ORG/?a=185637&d=27621AA
National Geographic Lesson with neat links to interactive maps

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/03/gk2/live.html

FEMA map listing natural disasters for each state

http://www.fema.gov/kids/whatnow/index.htm

Mapping Extreme Natural Events

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/mapping-extreme-natural-events/?ar_a=1
Urban, Suburban, and Rural and Settlement Patterns

Use this map to discuss how people in different communities access natural resources

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g3_u1/index.html

BrainPop Jr.--- http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/communities/ruralsuburbanandurban/preview.weml
Build a Neighborhood

**http://pbskids.org/rogers/buildANeighborhood.html**

Urban, Suburban, and Rural ---Housing and Transportation

http://www.slideshare.net/clturman/community-types-urban-rural-and-suburban

Writing prompt---Urban, Suburban, and Rural

http://betterlesson.com/document/17980/urban-suburban-or-rural-writing-prompt?from=interllective

Pictures for urban, suburban, and rural

http://betterlesson.com/document/17981/urban-suburban-rural-community-pictures
How humans use and modify the physical environment

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/howpeoplechangegeography1.htm
Dams--- http://www.dameffects.org/
Dams--- http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season4/dams/links.cfm
Deforestation, photos http://kids.mongabay.com/elementary/501.html
Deforestation, http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/deforestation1.htm
BrainPop Jr.---Reduce, Reuse, Recycle http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/conservation/reducereuserecycle/preview.weml
Natural resources http://urbanext.illinois.edu/world/nres.html
Ways kids can help the environment http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/bigQuestions/weCanHelp/#bg2
Lesson to teach water conservation http://alliance.la.asu.edu/model/geoliteracyCD/LessonFiles/Letofsky/LetofWaterT.pdf
Short, animated video to show how to sort/recycle to reduce garbage---good intro.

http://pbskids.org/loopscoops/garbage.html

Slideshow that teaches about composting **http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kidscompost/compostingforkids.pdf**

2nd grade----Social Studies-----6th six weeks
How weather patterns and seasonal patterns affect activities and settlement patterns

Grasslands biome http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/grass.htm
Houses around the World http://www.hgpho.to/wfest/house/house-e.html
How weather affects how we live (webquest) http://questgarden.com/08/03/7/051106215426/t-index.htm
What is weather? http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/weatherandpeople/index.shtml
Blog with key points of how weather affects activities

http://worldlywise.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-do-weather-and-climate-affect_11.html

Natural resources and natural hazards and settlement patterns

World Natural Vegetation Map http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/world-natural-vegetation.htm
World Mineral Map http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-mineral-map.htm
Exploring Communities and Geography- Safari Montage http://SAFARI.MANSFIELDISD.ORG/?a=185637&d=27621AA
National Geographic Lesson with neat links to interactive maps

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/03/gk2/live.html

FEMA map listing natural disasters for each state

http://www.fema.gov/kids/whatnow/index.htm

Mapping Extreme Natural Events

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/mapping-extreme-natural-events/?ar_a=1
Urban, Suburban, and Rural and Settlement Patterns

Use this map to discuss how people in different communities access natural resources

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g3_u1/index.html

BrainPop Jr.--- http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/communities/ruralsuburbanandurban/preview.weml
Build a Neighborhood

**http://pbskids.org/rogers/buildANeighborhood.html**

Urban, Suburban, and Rural ---Housing and Transportation

http://www.slideshare.net/clturman/community-types-urban-rural-and-suburban

Writing prompt---Urban, Suburban, and Rural

http://betterlesson.com/document/17980/urban-suburban-or-rural-writing-prompt?from=interllective

Pictures for urban, suburban, and rural

http://betterlesson.com/document/17981/urban-suburban-rural-community-pictures
How humans use and modify the physical environment

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/howpeoplechangegeography1.htm
Dams--- http://www.dameffects.org/
Dams--- http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season4/dams/links.cfm
Deforestation, photos http://kids.mongabay.com/elementary/501.html
Deforestation, http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/deforestation1.htm
BrainPop Jr.---Reduce, Reuse, Recycle http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/conservation/reducereuserecycle/preview.weml
Natural resources http://urbanext.illinois.edu/world/nres.html
Ways kids can help the environment http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/bigQuestions/weCanHelp/#bg2
Lesson to teach water conservation http://alliance.la.asu.edu/model/geoliteracyCD/LessonFiles/Letofsky/LetofWaterT.pdf
Short, animated video to show how to sort/recycle to reduce garbage---good intro.

http://pbskids.org/loopscoops/garbage.html

Slideshow that teaches about composting **http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kidscompost/compostingforkids.pdf**